The Rant

A former co-worker coined the phrase when I offered to let her listen to one of my sermons on CD. She said, "Sure, I'll listen to Tom rant about Jesus." At first it sounded funny, but the more I thought about it the more it seemed to fit. That's what we, as preachers, pretty much do. We rant about Jesus. In 1 Corinthians 2:2 the Apostle Paul says, "For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." That's it. Jesus. Who He is, and what He did, and what it means for us. That's my job, or calling, or anointing. To preach Christ. Jesus is in every book of the Bible. The entire volume speaks of Him. If you don't see Jesus, you're looking at it wrong.

So that's what I'm going to continue to do in this forum: Rant about Jesus.

My hope is to Rant every night by 9:00 pm, so check daily for new blogs.

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A Verb part 4

06/09/2018 19:41

Here's what I want to say tonight: If love is a verb (and it is)... don't be afraid to act in love. And to back this up I want to quote 1 John 4:18, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." And I think the...

A Verb part 3

06/08/2018 20:34

Charity is love in action. Love is an action word. True, sacrificial, agape love is where the rubber meets the road. Where you lay your life down for your friends. Give everything you have and everything you are. Love is giving, and giving is an action. What I'm trying to say is: You can give...

A Verb part 2

06/07/2018 20:04

Faith without works is dead, right? Because what you do flows from what you believe. Love as an idea doesn't really help anybody, but when the Word (which is Jesus, which is love) is made flesh... that's when it becomes charity--love in action. And that's what love truly is: The act of laying your...

A Verb part 1

06/06/2018 18:26

Love is a verb. That's what I want to say. And I'll say it for the next few days, at the very least. Because if love isn't a verb, or an action word, then it isn't really anything. Look at James 2:15-16 (NLT), "Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say,...

Endings part 5

06/05/2018 19:48

An ending doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. Even when its a good thing that's ending. Because there's always something else around the corner. Nothing lasts forever except love. So if you walk by faith (in love) and not by sight, you can roll with the seasons. For everything there is a...

Endings part 4

06/04/2018 19:46

There are lots of endings that are good. I've been trying to hit that pretty hard. But today I want to take some time to address when its something good that ends. Because that happens. We refer to those times as the "good old days," right? And we look back fondly on them. As we should. But the...

Endings part 3

06/03/2018 19:40

The first time the word "end" is used in the King James Bible is in Genesis 6:13, "And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth." Sounds pretty doom and gloomy, eh? But not when...

Endings part 2

06/02/2018 12:14

Something has to end for something new to begin. That, in the ultimate sense, is what happened 2,000 years ago on the cross. Look at Hebrews 10:9, "Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second." The first (Old) covenant had to end so...

Endings part 1

06/01/2018 20:00

You had to know this was coming. But I want to be clear right off the bat... its like the song says, "Every new beginning is some other beginning's end." Because we're talking about eternal life, right? And if its eternal there IS no end. But in order for there to be a New there had to be an end of...

Beginnings part 5

05/31/2018 19:46

The idea behind this Rant series was to not despise small beginnings. To understand that where you're at isn't where you will be at. You're not stuck. Your story isn't written. But it kind of morphed--as they often do... I don't write because I think I know everything. I write in order to try to...

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EPIC

06/09/2014 13:05

The Answer Trilogy is done! EPIC (Eternal Purpose In Christ) is now available at www.amazon.com ! The e-book version is available for Kindle! Identity Crisis tells us who we are (Jesus, not Adam). Six Steps to the Throne tells us where we are (the Promised Land, the Kingdom of God). And now EPIC...

Six Steps to the Throne

01/19/2013 12:09

My new Jesus book, "Six Steps to the Throne," is available now in the store section and on www.amazon.com! It is a look at how we got to where we are in Christ. Jesus took Six Steps to the Throne (Crucified, Died, Buried, Quickened, Raised, Seated). This book will look at each step, and then it...

Identity Crisis

11/09/2012 15:39

My first book, Identity Crisis, is available now in the Store section, on Amazon.com, and in e-book form for Kindle, Nook, and iTunes iBooks. Identity Crisis tells us who we really are. It is a necessary book for anyone who has ever wondered why they're here or what their purpose is.

Book Excerpt

08/16/2012 17:28

Just a teaser... the first few pages of chapter 1 of Identity Crisis! Enjoy! Chapter 1. Two Men 1 Corinthians 15:44-49 says, "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a...